Second World
Time, Weights, and Measures cheat sheet
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TIME:
1 Beat= 1.05 seconds.
1 Hundredbeat=1 minute-45 seconds.
1 Thousandbeat= 17 minutes-30 seconds.
1 Quarter span= 26 minutes-15 seconds.
1 Ha'span= 52 minutes-30 seconds.
1 Span= 1 hour-45 minutes.
1 Day= 16 span, 28 hours.
1 Seria= 8 days (approx)
1 Turn= 32-35 days. (winter longer than
summer in northern hemisphere)
1 Year= 396 days (462 Terran).
A Baladora is a stone monument constructed in each city's central square, and is used to regulate the length of a span.
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LENGTH:
1 Grain (gr)= 1/8".
1 Finger (fn)= 1", 8gr, 1/4 ha.
1 Hand (ha)= 4", 1/3 ft, 4 fn.
1 Span (sp)= 9", 3/4 ft, 2 1/4 ha, 9 fn.
1 Foot (ft)= 12", 1 1/3 sp, 3 hands, 12 fingers.
1 Bow (bw) sometimes Ha'pace (hpc)= 15", 1 1/4 ft,1 2/3 sp, 3 3/4 ha, 15 fn.
1 Laeh (lh)= 18", 1 1/2 ft, 2 sp, 4 1/2 ha, 18 fn.
1 Drah (dr)= 36", 2 lh, 3 ft,4 sp, 9 ha, 36 fn.
1 Reach (rh)= 72", 2 dr, 4 lh, 6 ft,8 sp, 18 ha, 72 fn.
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Distance:
1 Step (st)= 30", 2 bw, 2 1/2 ft, 3 1/3 sp, 7 1/2 ha, 30 fn.
1 Pace (pc)= 60", 5', 2 st, 4 bw, 5 ft, 6 2/3 sp, 15 ha, 60 fn.
1 Poke (pk)= 18', 3 3/5 pc, 1 4/5 st, 3 rh, 6 dr, 18 ft, 24 sp.
1 Hundredstep (Hst)= 250', 50 pc, 100 st, 200 bw, 41 2/3 rh, 83 1/3 dr, 166 2/3 lh, 250 ft, 333 1/3 sp.
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1 Hundredpace (Hpc)= 500', 2 Hst, 100 pc, 200 st, 400 bw, 83 1/3 rh, 166 2/3 dr, 333 1/3 lh, 500 ft, 666 2/3 sp.
1 Furlon (fr)= 660', 1 1/3 Hpc, 1.515 fr, 110 rh, 220 dr, 660 ft, 880 sp.
1 Thousandpace (Tpc)= 5,000', 7.576 fr, 10 Hpc, 20 Hst, 1,000 pc, 2,000
st, 4,000 bw, 833 1/3 rh, 1,666 2/3 dr, 3,333 1/3 lh, 5,000 ft, 6,666 2/3 sp.
1 Stad= 6,545 feet, 1.24 miles, 1.309 Tpc, 13.09 Hpc, 26.18 Hst, 1,309 pc, 2,618 st, 1,090.8334 rh, 2,181.667 dr, 4,363 1/3 lh, 5,236 bw, 6,545 ft, 8726 2/3 sp.
1 League (lg)= 4.235 stad, 5.544 Tpc, 42 fr, 55.44 Hpc, 110.88 Hst, 1540 pk, 5,544 pc, 11,088 st, 27,720 ft, 36,960 sp.
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AREA:
1 Gahr (gar)= 18'x18', 324 sq ft, 1x1 pk.
1 Oxmorne (oxm)= 185 5/8 gar, 47,520 sq ft, 1.3485 acres, 660'x72', 110x12 rh
1 Plowing (plw)= 18 oxm, 19.636 ac, 95040 yds, 855,360 sq ft,
1 Shire (shr)= 1080 plw, 33.136 sq mi, 85.823 sq km, 19,440 oxm,
923,788,800 sq ft.
WEIGHT:
1 Sheh, or grain (sh)= .002 oz
1 Ghin (gn)= 180 sh, 0.36 oz.
1 Fingermihn (fmn)= 5 gn, 900 sh, 1.8 oz.
1 Mihn (mn)= 50 gn, 10 fgn, 1 1/8 lb, 18 oz, 900 sh.
1 Talan (tl)= 60 mn, 360 gn, 67.5 lbs,
1 Ghun (load)(gn)= 72 mn, 81lbs, 36.74kg, 3600 gn,
1 Tohn (ton)(tn)=
Volume:
1 Ghin (gn) or thimble= .36 oz, 10.21g 1"x1"
1 Cup (cp) or Half Draught= 25 gn, 1/2 pt, 3"dia x 3 1/2" cyl.
1 Sihl (sl) Mug, or Draught= 50 gn, 1 1/8 pt, 18 oz, 50 c.i., 3"dia x 7" cyl.
1 Jug (jg)= 8 sl, 1 1/8 gal, 4 1/2 qt, 4.26L, 9 pt, 144 oz, 400 gn. 6"dia x 9" cyl.
1 Bucket (bk)= 4 jg, 4 1/2 gal, 32 sl, 18 qt, 36 pt, 576 oz, 1600 gn. 1039 c.i., bucket 12"x11", scribed at the 10" mark
1 Bushel (bsh)(dry wgt)= 7 gallons, 35.333L, 50 sl, 250 gn, 900 oz, 26,616.2ml. 1617 c.i., basket 16"dia x 14"dia x 9 1/8" high
1 Keg (k)= 2 bsh, 14 gal, 70.666L, 100 sl, 500 gn, 1800 oz, 52,995.8ml.
1 Barrel (bbl)= 2.4 k, 4 3/4 bsh, 33 3/4 gal, 240 sl, 270 pts, 4320 oz, 12,000 gn.
